Transcript for Hands-Up Protests Continue in Ferguson, Missouri, Across the Country

the latest on the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, a town on the edge, after the police shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old named Michael brown. There's been protests tonight. Potentially the result of the state highway patrol taking over security from local Ferguson police. There's been protests across the country, tonight, including in times square, in New York City, and in Washington, D.C. Finally, though, we want to take note of something going viral right now. People posting pictures with the #handsupdon'tshoot. Powerful images from across America. These are students at Howard university. And it's not just african-americans taking a stand. White faces, too, and white hands, as well, in many of these pictures.

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